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Center•#72STEADYPPI 89Tage Thompson is a 29-year-old center for the Buffalo Sabres. Selected 26th overall by STL in the 2016 NHL Draft. Born in Phoenix, USA.
This season, the right-shooting forward has 10 goals and 7 assists for 17 points in 14 games. He averages 1.21 points per game on 19:25 of ice time.
2026-27 · Regular season
#8 NHL
#21 NHL
2026-27 projection
Projected September 28, 2026 — 80% range on points. All 2026-27 player projections
80% range: 46–95 pts
STEADY — 73rd percentile at C, 67% hit rate (81 GP, 2025-26)
2026-27 · Regular season
Full statistical breakdown for the 2026-27 regular season.
League percentile
Vs. all NHL skaters, 10+ games played. 99 = best, 1 = lowest.
2026-27 pace
Where Tage's current rate finishes the 2026-27 season.
End of season forecast, current pace
68
games remaining
Goals
59
Current: 10
Assists
41
Current: 7
Points
100
Current: 17
Elite production projected. Most likely range is 79-121 points, with upside potential exceeding 142 points in optimal scenarios.
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Art Ross
Most Points
3.5%
Rocket
Most Goals
0.0%
Playmaker
Most Assists
Projections based on current pace extrapolated to the full season with variance modeling.
5v5
What happened while Tage was on the ice at 5v5, and who he was sent out against. 2026-27.
5v5 only (situationCode 1551), unblocked attempts, shift-chart attribution. 14 games, 286 unblocked attempts on the ice.
Quality of competition
61.2 vs 57.3 lg
83th percentile
Quality of teammates
67.3 vs 56.8 lg
83th percentile
Deployment
tough-comp
by competition faced
Competition and teammate quality are the average on-ice strength of the players he shared the ice with at 5v5, on the same 0–100 scale as the league averages beside them.
Shot Selection
Where Tage takes his shots, and how each zone converts.
Unblocked attempts
81
Goals vs expected
10 vs 6.6 xG
5v5 scoring-chance share
25%
With-or-without-you
Who Tage plays with at 5v5, and how the shot-quality share moves when they are apart — a with-or-without-you read.
| Teammate | Together | xGF% with | xGF% apart | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh DoanR | 109 min | 51.4 | — | — |
5v5, real shift-overlap TOI; Corsi incl blocked, xG unblocked. “Apart” is that teammate’s share in the minutes he played without Tage, so the swing is a comparison of the same player in two situations rather than against the league. Pairs need 100 minutes together to appear at all, and a swing still carries whoever else was on the ice — it is a strong hint, not an isolated effect.
2026-27
PuckCast Player Intelligence, and the skill radar and on-ice impact behind it.
Skill radar & on-ice impact vs. NHL forwards
92
Offense
72
Defense
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions. Larger shape = more complete player.
Scouting Take
Displays elite offensive production, elite finishing ability, exceptional playmaking, power play scoring.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side. Equal bars = balanced. Asymmetry = one-dimensional.
The Gap
20-pt spreadLeans offensive. The 20-point spread between offensive (92th) and defensive (72th) percentiles is typical of a scoring-first center.
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions.
Scouting Take
Displays elite offensive production, elite finishing ability, exceptional playmaking, power play scoring.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side.
The Gap
20-pt spreadLeans offensive. The 20-point spread between offensive (92th) and defensive (72th) percentiles is typical of a scoring-first center.
Career
Season-by-season NHL regular season statistics throughout Tage Thompson's career.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | S | S% | PIM | PPG | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-272026-27 | BUF | 14 | 10 | 7 | 17 | +5 | 63 | 15.9% | |||
| 25-262025-26 | BUF | 81 | 40 | 41 | 81 | -6 | 272 | 14.7% | |||
| 24-252024-25 | BUF | 76 | 44 | 28 | 72 | -2 | 242 | 18.2% |
Form
Tage's last five games played — playoff games included if his team advanced, since the NHL does not separate them here.
| Date | Opp | G | A | P | +/- | S | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31 | @ LAK | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 8 | 20:09 |
| Oct 29 | @ ANA | 3 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 4 | 17:49 |
| Oct 27 | @ SJS | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17:10 |
| Oct 24 | @ WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:00 |
| Oct 21 | vs PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 20:06 |
Similar centers
Same position, comparable 2026-27 projected rate and 2026-27 shot/power-play rate. Compare Tage to another player
Roster
Top teammates by points on the Buffalo Sabres this season.
Bars are share of unblocked attempts, where he chooses to shoot, over a full season, which is the stable part. xG/100 compares his shot quality from a zone against the league rate for a forward. GAx is goals above expected there, a single season and noisy, zones marked * are flagged small-sample by the generator and are shown muted rather than hidden.
| 23-242023-24 | BUF | 71 | 29 | 27 | 56 | -1 | 246 | 11.8% |
| 22-232022-23 | BUF | 78 | 47 | 47 | 94 | +4 | 295 | 15.9% |
| 21-222021-22 | BUF | 78 | 38 | 30 | 68 | -17 | 253 | 15.0% |
| 20-212020-21 | BUF | 38 | 8 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 96 | 8.3% |
| 19-202019-20 | BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18-192018-19 | BUF | 65 | 7 | 5 | 12 | -22 | 108 | 6.5% |
| 17-182017-18 | STL | 41 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -12 | 55 | 5.5% |
| Career | — | 543 | 226 | 197 | 423 | -57 | 1630 | 13.9% |
Olen Zellweger
D · 6 pts
